He who makes a claim must support it. It's called burden of proof.
If it wasn't you, I'd gladly post links to articles supporting what I said. Because it is you asking, I won't. I believe it's a waste of my time. As I already said, you already know I'm right. You, for whatever reason get your rocks off defending and denying the poor behavior, of these companies. You've probably read many of the same articles as I have. It's not ground breaking stuff here, it's old news. CA's law took effect 1-2021
Since I am going off memory I wasn't 100% sure of the date, so I looked up the date. Since I had looked up the date, I screenshot it and posted it.
Believe me, pretend to not believe me, research it yourself or don't. I really don't care. I know you know it's true.
Personally, I think it's a brilliant move on their behalf. I also think it's shitty behavior and in my opinion unethical, and completely unfair to independent restaurants. It's akin to the mob collecting "protection money." It is basically extortion.
I read an article a while ago, an independent pizza parlor in, I think NYC, found out one of the apps had him listed against his wishes. The menu was wrong, I don't remember all the inaccuracies, but he ordered a bunch of pizzas through the app. I don't recall if someone placed the order by phone or if it was made in person by someone but it was paid for by whoever picked it up via a cc. The owner sent empty boxes or boxes with uncooked pizza dough to his apartment. 😆 🤣 😂 I will see if I can find that article, as I think it's entertaining.